Dissolution behavior of CO2 in water is a key factor in the ocean sequestration of CO2 in deep sea. Studies have been reported on the mass transfer of CO2 into water through interfacial hydrate layer in convective conditions. Coupled with convective f...
Dissolution behavior of CO2 in water is a key factor in the ocean sequestration of CO2 in deep sea. Studies have been reported on the mass transfer of CO2 into water through interfacial hydrate layer in convective conditions. Coupled with convective flows, such studies provide limited information on the mass transfer resistance at the interface. In the present studey, liquid CO2 was injected into stagnant water to form disks at the center of a disk-like void in a deep sea condition(277.00K, 20.0 MPa) and the decreasing radius of disks were photographed with a digital camera. The radius change of the CO2 disk was compared with moving boundary numerical solutions for diffusive dissolutions. It was found that the dissolution is slower in hydrate forming conditions and that the initial dissolution is much faster than that for purely diffusive dissolutions with and without hydrate films. The interfacial concentration of water-rich phase was found to be equal to the solubility. Thus the mass transfer resistance through the hydrate film is negligible. Such finding was discussed in therms of equilibria, mass transfer coefficient and the initial fluid motion.